[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3050 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 3050
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to
modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 23, 2025
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Risch, Mrs. Fischer, Mr.
Hagerty, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Welch, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Kennedy)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To amend the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, to
modify requirements under that Act relating to exemptions, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS
REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938.
This Act may be cited as the ``Preventing Adversary Influence,
Disinformation, and Obscured Foreign Financing Act of 2025'' or the
``PAID OFF Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXEMPTIONS UNDER THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION
ACT OF 1938.
Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 613), is amended--
(1) in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting
``, except as provided in subsection (i)'' after
``principals''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Limitations.--The exemptions under subsections (d)(1),
(d)(2), and (h) shall not apply to any agent of a foreign principal
that is a corporate or government entity that is owned or controlled by
1 or more of the identified countries listed in clauses (i) through (v)
of section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)).''.
SEC. 3. MECHANISM TO AMEND DEFINITION OF ``COUNTRY OF CONCERN''.
Section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956
(22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (7) as paragraphs
(7) and (8), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) Modification to definition of `country of concern'.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary of State may, in
consultation with the Attorney General, propose the
addition or deletion of countries described in
paragraph (1)(A).
``(B) Submission.--Any proposal described in
subparagraph (A) shall--
``(i) be submitted to the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Chairman and
Ranking Member of the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and
``(ii) become effective upon enactment of a
joint resolution of approval as described in
subparagraph (C).
``(C) Joint resolution of approval.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of
subparagraph (B)(ii), the term `joint
resolution of approval' means only a joint
resolution--
``(I) that does not have a
preamble;
``(II) that includes in the matter
after the resolving clause the
following: `That Congress approves the
modification of the definition of
``country of concern'' under section
1(m) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956, as submitted
by the Secretary of State on ____; and
section 1(m)(1)(A) of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)(1)(A)) is
amended by ______.', the blank spaces
being appropriately filled in with the
appropriate date and the amendatory
language required to modify the list of
countries in paragraph (1)(A) of this
subsection by adding or deleting 1 or
more countries; and
``(III) the title of which is as
follows: `Joint resolution approving
modifications to definition of
``country of concern'' under section
1(m) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956.'.
``(ii) Referral.--
``(I) Senate.--A resolution
described in clause (i) that is
introduced in the Senate shall be
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate.
``(II) House of representatives.--A
resolution described in clause (i) that
is introduced in the House of
Representatives shall be referred to
the Committee on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives.''.
SEC. 4. SUNSET.
The amendments made by this Act shall terminate on the date that is
5 years after the date of enactment of this Act.
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